The Mexican Caste System

Mexico in colonial times has a very complex and detailed legal race hierarchy. This is a legal caste system imposed by the Spanish government, caste decides the height of society. The caste system defines three major categories of humans and then divides them into sixteen different ethnic subcategories. In fact, the Spaniards are very fascinated with the race so they even have posters that have asked the artist to describe the mix of 16 official races. Hundreds of these paintings will continue to this day

The peninsula was further decomposed among Gauchapines, they were European born Caucasian and Criollos, they were born in a new world.

Mestizos Mix Spanish - Hindi. In the post-conquest generation, this term was related to the initial illegal sex, as married mixed-blooded children were given a simple Indian or Spanish identity according to them.

There are many terms used to represent various ethnic people such as:

Castizos is a man with a parent of Mestizo and a Spanish parent. 3 parts of Spanish, part of Hindi

Cholos are Indian parents and parents of Mestizo. Three regions in India and part of Spain

Everyone who is not Guacapine is not only socially disadvantageous, but also inferior in law. At the time of baptism, a single person was assigned to the body of life by a pastor. Since caste is based on race, it can not "go up" to a better caste. So there really is no way to improve people's destiny. If you and your child can not marry a better caste if you are indian or black, and they become very difficult life like Clyoro, Mestizo and Mulato Life in Mexico in 1821 Was independent from Spain, the caste system was abolished and at least was abolished on paper. But that is another matter.

Mexico has a long history of racial discrimination. Historically, the structure of the caste system of the Spanish colonial era, the shallow skin Mexicans can completely dominate the American Indian of dark skin. When a thin Mexican marries a thin Mexican, they often say "to make the game better" (mejorando la raza). This can be interpreted as a self-attack by that race. Despite the improvement in the economic and social situation of Mexicans, discrimination against Mexican people has continued to this day, and few laws protect Mexican people from discrimination. Violent attacks against Mexican people are moderately widespread and have been punished many times.

In Spain and Mexico there is a deep-rooted caste system to ensure social order. The most privileged is the peninsula (Spanish born in Europe), Mexico is the most regrettably born in Africa and Africa. Criollos (Spanish born in Mexico), mixed blood (mixture of Spanish and Indians), and Indians belong to the first two groups in the list. Therefore, ethnobiology determines the strict social ranking of Mexico. By 1821, Mexico experienced a civil war more than ten years ignited by Father Gritde dellas by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810. At first, the uprising was primarily a farmer movement led by Pastor Criolo and a mixed blood for all Spaniards. As a result, the conflict forced a close link between the two upper classes in Mexico as a means of protecting the existing royal order and its lives.